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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, I am hoping that somebody takes the leap and do it. I have a kid in first grade and was hoping that by fifth grade Basis would have all the kinks out. From a distance, I do understand the frustration of starter families.  DC current charter is in it's fourth year. The charter class is a cluster rack in my opinion. Nothing is really planned in advance for this class. However, the classes that follow are totally the beneficiaries of the charter classes successes and failures.

It may not be e same for Basis because they have a proven model to follow.[b] I do not see how operating in a different jurisdiction would impact the model.[/b] [/quote]

The difference is that they don't know DC.  Any new school doesn't really know what it's culture is going to be like until it opens the doors and see who comes in, but they're going to adjust to a new city as well.  DC is not Tucson.  It remains to be seen how much remediation they will need to do and how effective it is.  I like the idea of an ambitious school, but until it's up and running with results it's all talk.  There are not very many good schools in the system.  BASIS may find out that before they can start teaching HS classes to 10 year olds, they're going to have to teach them to read at a 3rd grade level.  What will the classroom management look like?

Families who are now in 1st can sit back and observe, and wish them luck.  OP however, is talking about pulling out of private to join the bleeding edge.  There is no middle school in Ward 5, if I were there, I'd pull my child out of an underperforming K-8 for a real option.  What the real mix is going to look like remains to be seen.[/quote]

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